Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (Rhazes)

MEDIEVAL · PHILOSOPHER

Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (Rhazes) (c. 865–925) was a Persian polymath and physician.

Historical Context

Unlike the highly symbolic and mystical alchemy of Jabir or Ibn Umayl, al-Razi's Secret of Secrets is renowned for its systematic, practical, and heavily laboratory-based approach to chemical substances and apparatus.